Department of Health
1,937,300 vaccinations have been completed as increasing supplies of vaccine are delivered to more than 5000 sites across the country.
As of today, 3,589,686 doses of vaccine have been delivered to those sites by the Australian Government, with 1,088,552 doses available for use.
The Vaccine Operations Centre (VOC) plays a lead role in the vaccination rollout. It is working in close partnership with the States, Territories and the primary care sector to safely, securely and efficiently store, transport, deliver and administer COVID-19 vaccines across Australia, in support of Phase 1a and 1b of the rollout.
Operations Coordinator of the VOC, Commodore Eric Young, CSC, RAN, said: “Last week, more than 356,000 doses of vaccine were administered, up from 330,000 doses the week before, which is an outstanding achievement.
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